ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,777, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, Calif.).

"Direct launch for asynchronous actions" was invented by Vadim Suvorov (Redmond, Wash.) and Jonathan Luke Herman (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed herein for a direct launch for asynchronous actions. An example method can include receiving, by a device, a first workflow request, wherein the device comprises a first launcher in operable communication with a second launcher via a shared queue, and wherein a first duplicate of the first workflow request is stored in the shared queue is to be retrieved by the second l...